> I am accustomed to use NUMERIC data type for currency values...Is it ok
> or i should use some other type like FLOAT or DOUBLE PRECISION?

NUMERIC is by far the best.

Make sure to use a Dialect 3 database.

With regards,

Martijn Tonies
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